The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-02-17
BRIC-A-BRAC.
There was man of Arkansas,
Who had u most savage old father. in
With n shOn No 9

Death ratcs-Funeral expenses.
The point Of death--The bayonet.
Light weight-A pound of candles.
Literary Notes-Author's promises to
pay.
The pianist's p, omisc to playis, of course,
note of hand
A base deccivcr is fit for nothing but
playing ball.
The coward rcckons himself cautious the
miser frugal
The original Boone companion was Dan
icPs trusty rifle.
waves to look blue.
"a chance acquaintance bunco
stccrcr
You set my teeth on cdgc-as the saw
remarked to the file.
A. rousing dcmonstration-Gc Getting a
growing boy out Of bed.
'Therc is a frost" is the latest English of
being left out in the cold"
When the cold begins to strengthen then
the coal bills begin to lcngthen.
When man gets to be q leader of work
ing men he is able to quit work.
The dime museum woman who writes
with her toes must make great many foot
notes.
History repeats itself. A man named
Cain killed another man in Colorado re.
Gently.
England is importing bells from Balti-
more toundricS. Those Baltimore bells al
ways were popular.
"Waist makes wants." said the younr
husband, when his wife asked him to buy
her Il SIS pair of corscts
Cunningiz a weak imitashun of wizGom,
and IL liable at emmy time to merge into
fraud, says Josh Billings.
4 Georgia lady boasts of having raised
| onions measuring fifteen inches in diameter.
She does not require to keep dog.
Egypt is one thousand miles long and
only six miles wide Must look something
| like Sarah Bcrnhardt
'',Tlat is not the way to raise a child"
said the humanitarian to u parent arrested
fer lifting his boy by the car
"Papa's Home Tonight" is the latest
song. The o and II Of the last word of the
title can be omitted when necessary.
The banana skin, though crushed to
earth, has the power to take somebody
with it.
They used to say, "Crazy as n bed bug )"
but the revised version hath it, "CraIy as
a bed quilt
\ new front has been put in Bachman &
"um'nS office, which gives the office Il
brighter appearance.
Asa general rule the man who makes
cMcmp"ranc0us speeches can give you the
manuscript il you want to print it.
Man proposes, but" Upon think
lnS it over, we don't believed he PROPOSES
as often us the girls would like him to.
The small boy learning The alphabet is
very much like Il postage stump-hc often
gets stuck on Il letter
Ladies' hats are higher than ever for this
winter. By and 10y they will have to take
them oil to get indoors.
| This is the season when the cider pitcher
!, more in demand than the base ball
| pitcher.
man may talk and talk and no, rc n
Tore II he talks to you about your rood
| points.
!Acrc is no particular harm in riding a
nohhy If you don't take up the whole road
y father may succeed in cutting off his
son Without cent, but he can't cut of the
| lawyers.
4 Philadelphia clergyman demands
wv hat 5 i'll the Bible?" to which we prompt.
| iy reply: "Autumn leaves"
Teacncr-"If you were president of a
| county fair and wanted gate tender, what
would you do?' Pupil-'Boil it." ~
The affections Of man who is proved TO
tie false are valued at over Sc, 600 How
valuable are the affections OF a true man?
1t IS said that women dress cXtravagantlv
l" worry other women. \ man who dresses
rNtr"Vaganty generally worries his tailor.
II is said that Mark Twain has been more
SH&cC&allll iii transforming the cents of hu-
NOR INTO dollars than any man in the
country.
When you inquire anxiously after the
II attn OF the furnace in the morning, it is
| me-! exactly comforting to be told that it is
'wcll enough to be out"
If a mans obituary notices could only
| ~ p"GI,Sncd while he is running for office
instead Of after death the result of many
an election might be different.
We hear of a woman in the up country
| ;" StIhGy that the only things she is known
| 20 Sivc away arc 'shoos" to her ncighbors'
| chickens.
1T appears to be an established truth that
| mn ounce OF kccpyOur- mouth. shut is better
than Pound of explanation after you have
said it, ''"''
An American with homcly wife never
| rcaIIrS how much worse he might have
Ionr until he secs an English professional
| beauty.
We're the strength of man in propor.
| non 10 tia, Of the beetle hc could play
| with weights equal to ten times the wcichr
OF horse.
GcGncrally the party who sings 81 would
NOT ilyc alway' the loudcst, is the one who
gets between the feather beds during
| thunder storm.
4 book agent was struck by lightning
last Tuesday night, and on the SPOT whercc
| nc $1,000 1t looked as if brass cannon had
i shall hght ii out on this lvin' if If
'aNcS all summer" remarked the political !
stump speaker, as he sent to HEADQUARTERS
Tor more "doctorcd facts"
The large amount spent in advertising
Dy soap makers leads one to believe thai |
the "ld provcrb should be changed SO rs to |
read "Ihcrc is nothing like lathcr."